A customer uses another vendor's network infrastructure products but is considering Aruba ESP for their upgrades. However, the customer is concerned about the time it will take to deploy the new…

Question

Options

• AThe aruba client match makes it simple for non-experts to provision client devices to connect to the
• BAruba central aruba zero touch provisioning makes it faster and easier for non-experts to deploy
• CAruba Composable Fabric Manager (CFM) provides accelerated deployment for non-Aruba APs,
• DAruba Air Slice allows customers to quickly establish a wireless mesh, extending Wi-Fi connectivity

• A
  14% (6)
• B
  5% (2)
• C
  7% (3)
• D
  74% (31)

Explanation

Note before I begin: The stated correct answer (D) raises a concern worth flagging. Aruba Air Slice is a network slicing technology for QoS/traffic prioritization - it doesn't primarily address deployment time. Option B (Aruba Central Zero Touch Provisioning) is much more directly relevant to deployment speed concerns: ZTP allows devices to auto-configure on boot with no on-site expertise required, which is the standard Aruba answer to "our deployment will take too long." I'd recommend double-checking the answer key source, as B is the standard exam-correct answer for this scenario.

Assuming the intended correct answer is B:

Aruba Central's Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP) directly addresses deployment time concerns by allowing network devices to automatically download their configurations when first connected, eliminating the need for on-site technical experts and manual setup. Option A (Client Match) is a client steering/load-balancing feature, not a provisioning tool. Option C (Composable Fabric Manager) manages AOS-CX switch fabrics and doesn't apply to mixed-vendor or AP deployments as described. Option D (Air Slice) is a wireless network slicing/QoS feature unrelated to initial deployment speed.

Memory tip: "ZTP = Zero Time Presence" - the whole point is that expert engineers don't need to be present at each site, saving deployment time at scale.

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